"fin du fin" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Français]

IPA: \fɛ̃ dy fɛ̃\ Forms: fins du fin [plural], colspan="2" :Modèle:!\fɛ̃ dy fɛ̃\ [singular]
  1. Ce qu’il y a de mieux dans le genre, ce qui se fait de mieux. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: fr-fin_du_fin-fr-noun-NXbpfiVX Categories (other): Exemples en français, Métaphores en français
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: crème de la crème, fine fleur, nec plus ultra, quintessence

Inflected forms

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  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "bas de gamme"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Locutions nominales en français",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Français",
      "orig": "français",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "Qui est le plus fin de ce qui est déjà fin."
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "fins du fin",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "colspan=\"2\" :Modèle:!\\fɛ̃ dy fɛ̃\\",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Français",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "Locution nominale",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Exemples en français",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Métaphores en français",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "Marguerite Yourcenar, Souvenirs pieux, 1974, collection Folio, page 353",
          "text": "Monsieur de C., mangeur aux capacités homériques, n’estime que les mets les plus simples : le fin du fin pour lui est de se commander chez Larue une série d’œufs à la coque cuits à point ou un délicieux bœuf bouilli."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Ce qu’il y a de mieux dans le genre, ce qui se fait de mieux."
      ],
      "id": "fr-fin_du_fin-fr-noun-NXbpfiVX",
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "\\fɛ̃ dy fɛ̃\\"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "crème de la crème"
    },
    {
      "word": "fine fleur"
    },
    {
      "word": "nec plus ultra"
    },
    {
      "word": "quintessence"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "masculine"
  ],
  "word": "fin du fin"
}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "bas de gamme"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "Locutions nominales en français",
    "français"
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "Qui est le plus fin de ce qui est déjà fin."
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "fins du fin",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "colspan=\"2\" :Modèle:!\\fɛ̃ dy fɛ̃\\",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Français",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "Locution nominale",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Exemples en français",
        "Métaphores en français"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "Marguerite Yourcenar, Souvenirs pieux, 1974, collection Folio, page 353",
          "text": "Monsieur de C., mangeur aux capacités homériques, n’estime que les mets les plus simples : le fin du fin pour lui est de se commander chez Larue une série d’œufs à la coque cuits à point ou un délicieux bœuf bouilli."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Ce qu’il y a de mieux dans le genre, ce qui se fait de mieux."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "\\fɛ̃ dy fɛ̃\\"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "crème de la crème"
    },
    {
      "word": "fine fleur"
    },
    {
      "word": "nec plus ultra"
    },
    {
      "word": "quintessence"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "masculine"
  ],
  "word": "fin du fin"
}

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